News

Read about the important science being undertaken at NIWA, and how it affects New Zealanders

  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • New Zealand’s youngest scientists use interactive tool to learn about air quality

    News article
    They may not be old enough to start school yet, but that isn’t stopping children in South Auckland getting to grips with science.
  • NIWA's contribution to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report

    News article
    The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has released a report warning that New Zealand needs to better prepare for rising seas on its coastal towns and cities.
  • The Fishes of New Zealand — the first comprehensive catalogue of New Zealand Fish for more than 140 years

    Media release
    Te Papa has released a publication containing information, including pictures, distribution maps for all 1,262 known fish species found in our waters.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
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    Early childhood centres in South Auckland are blowing fresh air into atmospheric research

    News article
    A cluster of five Early Childhood Education centres in South Auckland are leading the way for our next generation by combining participatory science for under 5’s into their daily teaching.
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    The seesawing climate system

    News article
    New Zealand scientists are part of an international team that has documented duelling ocean and atmospheric heat transport during periods of abrupt climate change.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Scientists examine links between Northland deluge and climate change

    News article
    Citizen scientists have helped NIWA determine that climate change has likely increased the chances of extreme rainfall that deluged Northland last year.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
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    NIWA launches high resolution flood forecasting

    Feature story
    There was a common factor in the floods that hit swathes of New Zealand midway through this year – they were all forecastable.
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    Scientists let the sun shine in at Lauder

    News article
    Scientists based at NIWA’s research station in Central Otago are undertaking a new set of experiments to determine how the atmosphere affects the performance of solar panels.